signified

英 [ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪd]

美 [ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪd]

n.  所指(语言符号的意义)
v.  表示; 说明; 预示; 表达，显示(感情、意愿等); 具有重要性; 要紧
signify的过去分词和过去式

复数：signifieds　过去式：signified　第三人称单数：signifieds　过去分词：signified　

BNC.29555

牛津词典

noun

• 所指（语言符号的意义）
  the meaning expressed by a linguistic sign, rather than its form

柯林斯词典

• VERB 表示;意味着;意思是
  If an event, a sign, or a symbolsignifiessomething, it is a sign of that thing or represents that thing.
  1. The contrasting approaches to Europe signified a sharp difference between the major parties...
     对欧洲截然不同的态度表明两大政党间存在巨大差异。
  2. The symbol displayed outside a restaurant signifies there's excellent cuisine inside.
     餐馆外的招牌表明里面有美味佳肴可以享用。
• VERB (用记号或手势)表明，表达，表示
  If yousignifysomething, you make a sign or gesture in order to communicate a particular meaning.
  1. Two jurors signified their dissent...
     两名陪审团成员表示了异议。
  2. The UN flag was raised at the airport yesterday to signify that control had passed into its hands.
     昨天机场升起了联合国的旗帜，表明控制权已移交给联合国了。

英英释义

noun

• the meaning of a word or expression
  1. the dictionary gave several senses for the word
  2. in the best sense charity is really a duty
  3. the signifier is linked to the signified
  Synonym:sense

双语例句

• The count signified his intention of dining alone, and that no one but Ali should attend him.
  伯爵表示他想独自进餐，只要阿里一个侍候他。
• The concept of arbitrariness in De Saussures semiology theory is based on the negation of nominalism, including both the arbitrariness of value and that between the signifier and the signified.
  索绪尔的任意性概念是建立在否定语言命名观的基础之上的，它包括价值任意性、能指与所指之间的任意性两种。
• According to Saussure, language is a sign system and the signifier and the signified, which form the signs, are unique in different languages.
  依据索绪尔的语言学理论，语言是一个符号系统，构成语言符号的能指与所指在每一种语言中都是不同的。
• The fact that he did not dare storm at me signified a weakened position.
  他不敢直接对我出言不逊，这说明他的地位已经削弱。
• Two jurors signified their dissent
  两名陪审团成员表示了异议。
• Iconicity, a basic feature of linguistic symbols in contrast to arbitrariness, emphasizes that symbolic signifiers and signified are motivated.
  符号的象似性是与任意性相对的一种语言特征。
• He signified that he couldn't go with them.
  他表示他不能跟他们一起去。
• By raising his hand he signified that he had some questions.
  他举手表示有一些问题。
• His presence no longer signified.
  他在不在场已不重要。
• The paper holds that there exists such natural relationship between the signified and nonverbal signs.
  非语言符号和所指之间也存在这种自然关系。